North Tyneside Council

North Tyneside Council is the local authority of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in Tyne and Wear and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in North Tyneside.

North Tyneside Council
Coat of Arms
Type
Type
Metropolitan district council
History
Founded1 April 1974
Leadership
Chair of the Council
Councillor Wendy Lott, Labour Party
since May 2019
Elected Mayor of North Tynesdie
Norma Redfearn, Labour Party
Chief executive
Paul Hanson
since 17 November 2018
Opposition Leader
Judith Wallace, Conservative Party
Structure
SeatsElected mayor
60 councillors
Political groups
Administration
     Labour (51)
Other parties
     Conservative (7)
     Liberal Democrat (1)
     Independent (1)
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
2 May 2019
Next election
7 May 2020
Website
my.northtyneside.gov.uk

History

The current local authority was first elected in 1973, a year before formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside on 1 April 1974. The council gained borough status, entitling it to be known as North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1]

Party in controlYears
Labour1973 - 1986
No overall control1986 - 1987
Labour1987 - 2004
No overall control2004 - 2008
Conservative2008 - 2010
No overall control2010 - 2011
Labour2011–present

Mayor of North Tyneside

Since 2002 the council has had a Directly elected mayor, which means the party with an overall majority of councillors may not be the same party exercising executive functions. Since 2013, the mayor of North Tyneside post has been held by Norma Redfearn[2] of the Labour Party. Her predecessor was Linda Arkley of the Conservative Party.

Mayor Years
Chris Morgan 2002 - 2003
Linda Arkley 2003 - 2005
John Harrison 2005 - 2009
Linda Arkley 2009 - 2013
Norma Redfearn 2013 - present

References
  1. "North Tyneside". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  2. Norma Redfearn
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